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Are Your Feet Killing Your Back?
For many people, simply standing or walking for more than 20 minutes, means an aching back. This can be due to a whole host of factors, but believe it or not, your feet and ankles can be a culprit.
When you walk the hips, knees, ankles and feet rotate in opposite directions to act as a shock absorber. In addition, your muscles provide support and cushioning to ensure that the pounding from your feet hitting the ground, dissipates throughout your legs, pelvis and spine.
Read full blog5 Simple Ways to Beat Knee Pain While Running
We all know that running is great exercise for our bodies, but often people stop due to knee or lower leg pain. This can happen for a variety of reasons, but usually ones that we are not aware of. Over 50 million Americans deal with some sort of knee trouble, as the knees are the second most common injured joint, the first being the joints in the spine. Therefore, it is essential to know what you can do to prevent knee troubles from even starting.
Read full blogAre You Breathing Correctly?
Do you have to deal with aches, pains, feeling stiff, headaches or just plain fatigue? Your breathing patterns may be to blame. We are all subjected to daily stresses that cause us subconsciously to change our breathing patterns. The normal responses to stress are a whole host of reactions, including shallower, but rapid breathing, increased blood pressure and more. This causes actual changes in blood chemistry and gets your body ready for a fight or flight response.
Read full blogHow to Avoid Back Surgery
According to the Washington Post, spinal fusion surgeries increased from 56,000 in 1994 to 465,000 in 2011. That is an 8 times increase in the rate of back surgery in 7 years! In Europe and other countries, back surgery rates are more than 4 times lower than those rates in the U.S. Why the difference?
The Washington Post surveyed 125,000 patient charts in 2013 and found the vast majority of people were having surgery, before trying more appropriate conservative measures, especially physical therapy.
Read full blogThe 5 Natural Ways to Relieve Sciatica
Have you ever experienced aching pain in the back / buttock area that radiates down your leg? You may have sciatica. Sciatica is a common condition that affects up to 1 out of 10 people, typically between ages 25-45.
Symptoms
Sciatica is typically felt as a dull aching pain to the low back / buttock area, that can at times be sharp, depending upon movement.
Read full blogHow to Get Rid of Pounding Headaches for Good
You know the feeling of your eyes starting to hurt, forehead starting to pound and even your neck feeling like a big ball of tension? A headache is coming on again and it’s time to reach for the Advil, Tylenol or other type of pain pill to numb it. Why does this keep happening?
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 47% of the world’s population suffers from headaches.
Read full blogHow to Improve Your Posture
In this world of looking beautiful, posture plays a big role in how we look at people. Think about the last time you saw your posture in the mirror and how you immediately corrected yourself to look taller, slimmer and fitter. We fight the good fight against gravity 24 hours a day and it is up to our muscles and skeletal structure to keep our posture in proper alignment. It is important to note that bad posture is associated with many health problems.
Read full blogHow Do You Know if You Have a Herniated Disc?
Do you have sharp pain in a particular part of your arm or leg? It may be a herniated disc. However, it could be another problem. Herniated or bulging discs are often blamed for radiating pains, numbness and tingling in the extremities, but they are often not the culprits.
Herniated discs are caused by the gradual or traumatic tearing of the rings that make up the discs.
Read full blogPhysical Therapy Just as Effective for Spinal Stenosis as Surgery
A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that followed 169 participants showed that physical therapy was just as effective for people suffering from spinal stenosis as surgery (1). In fact, the results point to what physical therapists have known for decades, people suffering with back pain should try physical therapy first, before considering more invasive procedures.
Spinal stenosis is a common back pain condition that affects people mostly as they age.
Read full blogIs Your Balance Setting You Up For An Injury?
It’s what gives us the ability to walk on two legs and stays with us our entire life, balance. Our balance and vestibular system develop as we grow from a baby all the way through adulthood, and then begin to decline. Most people don’t know their balance is not optimum until they suffer a sports injury, trip and fall, or lose their balance in the shower. No matter what your age, balance affects your ability to be active.
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